Out & About Summer 2019

Out&About leisure

Find out what’s happening in West Berkshire and the surrounding area, with concerts, theatre, fetes, lectures, exhibitions and markets to choose from. You can find more detailed listings every Thursday in the Newbury Weekly News or online at www.newburytoday.co.uk WHAT’S ON

JUNE To June 23

Saturday 22 Reading University Great Hall London Road, Verdi: Requiem , 7.30pm Reading Festival Chorus with Johanneskantorei Düsseldorf and Westminster Chamber Orchestra Music director Greg Hallam Tickets: Adults £20, Under-18s free (includes post-concert reception) from 0118 947 8081 or tickets@ readingfestivalchorus.org.uk www.readingfestivalchorus.org. uk Saturday 29 Sandham in Clay Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere, 10am-3pm Local artist Clare Knott leads a workshop to produce your own clay relief. Materials and firing included; finished work will be available for collection approximately three weeks later.

Victoria Park bandstand

Sandham Memorial Chapel Rebuilding – An Exhibition Wednesday-Sunday 11am-4pm To mark the centenary of charity Combat Stress, an exhibition of art works by veterans. Exhibition free To June 28 Harrison’s Coffee, 15 The Broadway, Newbury. Exhibition free Exhibition of art by Chilean artist Marcelo Blu Saturday 15 Wilton Windmill dress option/ Ancient Rome Tickets 07769 977779 or email info@hauntedmysteryweekend.co.uk Sunday 16 An afternoon of traditional jazz, Chequers Hotel, Newbury, Pete Allen Jazz Band, 3pm Tickets at the door £15.50 (cash only) Wednesday 19 Literary event, Bradfield College, Carry on up the Tiber, Smoke & Mirrors murder mystery and hog roast. Fancy

Sunday afternoon concerts, 3pm-5pm June

16 Cold Ash Brass 23 Watership Brass 30 Wantage Band July

7 Hungerford Town Band 21 Ramsbury Silver Band 28 East Woodhay Silver Band August 4 Pheonix Brass 8 Wroughton Silver Band September

1 Watership Brass 8 Pangbourne Band

Tickets £45. Call 0344 249 1895 Saturday 29 Brimpton Fete, Brimpton Recreation Ground, Crookham Road, 2pm-6pm Novelty dog show, scarecrow competition, refreshments, barbecue, classic cars and stalls. Fun for all ages. Saturday 29 Hundreds of good condition books, adult’s and children’s, all subjects. Donations welcome, especially large piece adult jigsaws. Refreshments. Proceeds to village hall. Park adjacent to the village green. Contact 01672 870488 Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 British Summer Time at Saddleback A weekend of traditional seaside fun at Saddleback Farm Shalbourne Book and Jigsaw Sale Shalbourne Village Hall, 10am-3pm

• Best-selling author Adam Kay – 11.30am to 2.30pm (1pm talk). Former junior doctor and author of the number one bestselling book This is Going to Hurt. • Champion of home cooking Nigella Lawson interviewed by Sarah Montague – 7pm to 9.30pm (8pm talk). Tickets £37.50 www.afghanconnection.org/literary-festival-2019 Friday 21 Music in the Garden Hazelby House, East Woodhay, 6.30-9pm £35 - booking essential. Join National Garden Scheme president Mary Berry for a mid-summer party, serenaded by soul singer Natasha Watts and East Woodhay Silver Band. Nick Bonham will take a live auction and there will be a host of silent auction lots www.ngs.org.uk/whats-new/news/post/ngs_event/ hazelby-21st-june/

Shop. Play in the giant sandpit, enjoy fish and chips, donkey rides and more. Free entry. Sunday 30 Newbury Race for Life 5k & 10k 2019 Newbury Racecourse, 11am Adults £14.99/children £10 Register online at raceforlife.org or call 0330 123 0770

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